Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has rejected a proposal raised by United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to establishment of an international commission of inquiry into the raid on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla a week ago.<br/> According to Israeli media Haaretz, briefing his cabinet ministers on the conversation between Ban and himself, Prime minister Netanyahu informed that he told Ban ki Moon that the investigation of the facts must be carried out responsibly and objectively maintaining Israel's national interests as well as those of the Israel Defence Forces. According to Netanyahu, he told UN secretary General that some of the passengers aboard the Marmara were members of an extremist terror-backing Turkish organization, which should also be investigated.<br/> Earlier, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has conveyed a proposal to Israel to set up an international commission of inquiry into the raid on the Gaza-bound aid flotilla a week ago.<br/> <br/>
News On AIR | June 6, 2010 7:40 PM
Israel rejects UN proposal on Gaza